Okay, let's say that you want to draw a length of rope;…one that loops in and out of itself.…In other words, a knot or more specifically, a Celtic knot in which Path A must…have first appeared in Front of path B and then slide in behind.…Problem is that's not possible in Illustrator.…As you well know by now, Path A can appear in front of Path B or in back of it, but not both.…And less that is, you use Live Paint.…Live Paint gives Illustrator the ability to detect intersecting areas and color them.…

So where you want Path A to appear in front of Path B, you paint it so;…where Path B should overlap Path A, you paint Path B, and in this chapter, I…show you how it works.…

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11/30/2010

In Illustrator CS5 One-on-One: Advanced, author and industry expert Deke McClelland teaches how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic features in Illustrator CS5. This course demonstrates how to apply these features to paths, groups, and editable text to create professional-quality artwork. The course covers Live Trace, Live Paint, and Live Color, as well as symbols, gradients, exporting, and integration with Photoshop. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Tracing a pixel-based image

Sketching and drawing for Illustrator

Creating and editing gradients

Creating multi-colored blends

Creating seamlessly repeating tile patterns

Creating interlocking artwork with Live Paint

Designing advanced type effects

Recoloring artwork with color harmonies

Making the most of symbols

Integrating Illustrator with Photoshop

Using transparency, blend modes, and opacity masks

Skill Level Intermediate

14h 53m

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Q: The instructions for installing the dekeKeys don't work on my computer (which is running Mac OS X Lion). Is there an update to these?

A: The dekeKeys distributed with this course will still work for Lion. You just need to add them to a slightly different folder than in previous versions of OS X.

Open a new Finder window and choose Go > Go to Folder. Type the following file path exactly as written below. Copying and pasting may result in an error.

~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings/en_US

Move and/or copy/paste the dekeKeys to this folder and follow the rest of the instructions as outlined in the video, "Installing the dekeKeys keyboard shortcuts."